On Golf: Lessons from America's Master Teacher [Hardcover]

Jim Flick (Author), Tom Lehman (Introduction), Jack Nicklaus (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 20, 1997

Jim Flick is the best golf teacher in the world.

Tom Lehman, winner of the 1996 British Open, says, "Jim Flick understands the overall golf swing better than anyone I've ever met." Jack Nicklaus thinks enough of him to have opened the Nicklaus/Flick Golf School, with teaching facilities in Salt Lake City, Palm Beach, Pebble Beach, Scottsdale, and Harbor Springs (MI). The following golfers -- pro and amateur -- all extol his virtues from tee to green: Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Paul Azinger, Phil Mickelson, Judy Rankin, Charles Barkley, Byron Nelson, and Chi Chi Rodriguez. Now, Flick has written a book that's inspirational, instructional and entertaining -- and will take five to ten strokes off even the most casual hacker's game.

On Golf uniquely captures Jim Flick's method of motivational, one-on-one teaching, which emphasizes his belief that one should play golf, not work it. Whether you shoot 100 and are aiming for 90, or shoot 80 and are aiming for 70, On Golf is the best possible way to make sure that when you play a round of golf, your good walk will never be spoiled.

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Jim Flick shares top billing with Jack Nicklaus on a string of highly popular golf schools, so his pedigree is unquestionable. His approach to the game is "Let's play golf, not work it." His 15 lessons take in the necessary technique, but Flick's great strength is in the way he helps golfers think their way through the game. Attitude is key in his cosmology: "The attitude you bring to the game," he emphasizes, "will ultimately determine the level of proficiency you attain in it."

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Jim Flick is the best golf teacher in the world.

Tom Lehman, winner of the 1996 British Open, says, "Jim Flick understands the overall golf swing better than anyone I've ever met." Jack Nicklaus thinks enough of him to have opened the Nicklaus/Flick Golf School, with teaching facilities in Salt Lake City, Palm Beach, Pebble Beach, Scottsdale, and Harbor Springs (MI). The following golfers -- pro and amateur -- all extol his virtues from tee to green: Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Paul Azinger, Phil Mickelson, Judy Rankin, Charles Barkley, Byron Nelson, and Chi Chi Rodriguez. Now, Flick has written a book that's inspirational, instructional and entertaining -- and will take five to ten strokes off even the most casual hacker's game.

On Golf uniquely captures Jim Flick's method of motivational, one-on-one teaching, which emphasizes his belief that one should play golf, not work it. Whether you shoot 100 and are aiming for 90, or shoot 80 and are aiming for 70, On Golf is the best possible way to make sure that when you play a round of golf, your good walk will never be spoiled.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Villard; 1st edition (May 20, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679449957
• ISBN-13: 978-0679449959
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,067,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gets to the root cause of good swings, July 8, 1999

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This review is from: On Golf: Lessons from America's Master Teacher (Hardcover)

I struggled for years without improvement going to mechanical teachers, and watching mechanics-based videos and books by Leadbetter, McLean, Mann and several Tour Pros. I could never understand how teaching to hit a stationary golf ball could be more complex than teaching to hit a 90 mph fastball. The answer is, it's not. The golf teaching industry has looked at the swing and said, "we see how it moves". So that's the way they teach. In a visual mode by positions. But the golf swing is really controlled by feedback (feel). You can't see your own positions. I finally drastically improved after I read Ernest Jones' 'Swing the Clubhead'. Flick's 'On Golf' is a progression of Jones' concept and gives a more indepth look at how to attain and keep a feel-based swing. We are not machines. We cannot accurately repeat positions. But we can repeat feel and Jim Flick understands that.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get the rest at the library, get this one from Amazon!, December 1, 2000

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Drew Ross - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Golf: Lessons from America's Master Teacher (Hardcover)

If you are at the beginning of your golfing experience, go to your local library and check out whatever they have on the golf swing and golf mechanics in general. Then, after you have some knowledge of the swing and have started to understand what you want to be doing during the swing, come back to your computer and buy this book. It teaches the basic mechanics also so you will have that foundation, but then Flick stresses a much under-taught lesson. The lesson of feeling your game. You have to be able to feel the rhythm of the swing, the ability to connect with the ball rather than whack or stab it. It is an invaluable lesson to learn and one that you will continually need to refer to.

If you are a more experienced golfer, you may have read a hundred books and still find yourself reverting or being absolutely baffled because you can't wuite figure out what you're doing wrong. Well, you need to feel your swing. This book will help where the rest have left you standing in the bunker.

I have read countless books on golf. This one is short on pretty pictures but large on the magic that we all who call ourselves golfers are after. It's that moment of impact when you know that you felt the club face meet with the ball so cleanly that you barely felt it. If you know the moment I'm talking about and you want to feel it more often, this book is for you.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Playing by Feel, August 21, 2001

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Adam Markowitz (Scottsdale, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Golf: Lessons from America's Master Teacher (Paperback)

I own and have read over 20 golf instruction books (I'm a nut for this stuff!). With the exception of Manuel de la Torre's "Understanding the Golf Swing" (for which I wrote the first Amazon review) it is by far the best golf book I have ever read. Flick's instruction, swing drills, humor and motivational messages are all right on. This book is not only instructive, but funny; it is a delight to read, and to put into practice. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone wishing to improve their game and have more fun in the process. By the way, the "4-step", "left foot, right toe", and "left hand off after impact" drills have improved my golf swing immeasurably. Thanks Jim!